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After making the standard ferret hunter with nonstandard materials, I fell in love with the design as a all in one carry option in such a small package. It is my favorite rabbit setup, however, the bands that I keep on the standard FH don't lend themselves very well to plinking and mid range target shooting(35 to 50ft). So I too the opportunity to redesign it(sorry not sorry Bill) so i could use 1842 and 1745 tube in a OTT configuration. I started with the normal template and widened the fork gap to 60mm while shortening the forks to 15mm each. doing so provides me with a much larger fork gap for snap shooting and quick draws. i then went to the wood pile and selected a nice piece of red cedar and cherry wood. I glued these to some 1/4 inch baltic brick plywood using titebond 2 and a generous amount of clamps.
after tracing on the template I started to cut. then I took a picture.
rough rasping done
final product after sanding and 3 coats of Boiled Linseed Oil with 600 grit sanding in between. I also added 1/8 brass pins for style points and added strength.
I will be banding it up with 8inches of 1745 with a warrior navy seal pouch and shooting it right after I post this. Wish me luck.



after tracing on the template I started to cut. then I took a picture.

rough rasping done


final product after sanding and 3 coats of Boiled Linseed Oil with 600 grit sanding in between. I also added 1/8 brass pins for style points and added strength.
I will be banding it up with 8inches of 1745 with a warrior navy seal pouch and shooting it right after I post this. Wish me luck.




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